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Gulf oil spill: Well plugged,US says

HOUSTON: With a final shot of cement,BP Plc permanently killed the runaway Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico that had unleashed the worst oil spill in US history,the top US spill official said on Sunday. The well flowed unchecked for 87 days after an April 20 explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig killed 11 workers and unleashed a torrent of oil that marred the coasts of four Gulf Coast states. BP engineers sealed off the flow July 15 with a cap on the mile-deep well.

Plot against Pope: No charges against 6

LONDON: Six North-African origin-men held by UKs counter-terrorism police probing an alleged plot to attack Pope Benedict XVI during his current visit have all been released without charge,the Scotland Yard said on Sunday. A police spokesperson said,Six men who were arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 on Friday,September 17,were all released without charge.

Sahara in talks to buy MGM Inc

BOSTON: Sahara India Pariwar is in talks to acquire Hollywood-based film production and distribution major Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM Inc. Though details on the Sahara-MGM deal were not available,media reports suggest that the Lucknow-based corporate major has made a bid of about 2 billion to buy the debt of the Hollywood studio. A Sahara spokesperson said talks were on.